urbanMSP

This is an oddball project -- a pop-up at Milan's Motors, where their building facing University Avenue at Gotto Street had been damaged by fire a while back.

Here was the building in 2013:


university-grotto-sep-2013 by Michael Hicks, on Flickr

Here it is in 2014, after the fire:


university-grotto-aug-2014 by Michael Hicks, on Flickr

And here are a couple shots of the construction as of today:


_mg_0398 by Michael Hicks, on Flickr


_mg_0400-edit by Michael Hicks, on Flickr

There are a few small renovation projects going on in this area that will collectively go a long way to revitalizing the area. One of the small groceries is getting a new storefront, the retail building that SugaRush (great donuts there) is getting new cladding, and this project. Baby steps.

I hope the space in front of the building will be used for some sort of patio, and not a parking lot. we'll see...